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Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684-feet above sea level Fall foliage at Mount Mitchell. The peak is the highest mountain in the United States east of the Mississippi River, [4] [5] and the highest in all of eastern North America south of the Arctic Cordillera.
Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre (1,938 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. By doing so, it also established the North Carolina State Parks System within the same bill.
Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire.It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
Fort Reno Park has the highest point in the District of Columbia. [11] 345 feet (105 m) Lakewood Florida [12] Unincorporated settlement by Britton Hill, the highest natural point in Florida. Britton Hill is the lowest high point in any state. The highest incorporated town is nearby Paxton, at 318 feet (97 m). 3297 feet (1005 m) Sky Valley ...
Boone, North Carolina – highest elevation (3,333 feet, 1015.9 m) east of the Mississippi River of any town of its size (over 10,000 population Eisenhower Tunnel , west of Denver, Colorado 39°40′43″N 105°55′12″W / 39.6785°N 105.92°W / 39.6785; -105.92 ( Eisenhower Tunnel ) – highest point on the Interstate Highway ...
At 6,684 feet or 2,037 metres high, Mt. Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. Tomb of Elisha Mitchell on the peak of Mount Mitchell Honors
[10] [11] Mount Mitchell, in Mount Mitchell State Park, is the highest mountain east of the Mississippi River and lies just outside the boundary of Pisgah National Forest. The forest also includes tracts surrounding the city of Asheville, the city of Brevard and land in the French Broad River Valley.
Sign noting the highest point on I-80 east of the Mississippi River located in Clearfield County. East of exit 111, in Moshannon State Forest, I-80 reaches its highest elevation east of the Mississippi River, 2,250 feet (690 m). A sign prominently displays this fact about the Interstate.